I think Apple realizes that a G5 launch is finally realistic for MWSF since they may have found out from Motorola that the G5 is done, and that's why they upped the keynote length in order for Steve to talk about all the details of the new processor, and also to perform tons of bake-offs against the 2 GHz Pentium 4 and maybe even the Athlon XP.
More time will also be given so he can talk about the LCD iMac (which was the original solo star), maybe do a iMovie 3 intro, Image Capture Studio/iStudio?, as well as QuickTime 6. (Or maybe the QT6 intro will wait til the conference in Feb.) Who knows. I just think the extra time was added in order to make way for 2 show-stoppers. Kinda like MWSF '99 when Jobs unveiled the multi-color iMacs and the B&W G3 tower.
TigerWoods99 had a thread of "The Night Before MacWorld" earlier this evening that apparently got deleted, but not before inspiring me to the following:
A Visit From Saint Steve
(with profound apologies to Clement C. Moore)
Twas the night before MacWorld and all through the house
Not a pixel was stirring, not even my mouse.
The Internet access was checked with great care
With hopes that Steve?s keynote would soon broadcast there.
The AppleInsiders were all snug in their beds
While visions of G5 chips danced in their heads.
My PowerMac was wailing iTunes in the night
While the Pismo was showing a flashing green light.
When suddenly a power surge spun the disk platter
On my iMac, which began an incessant loud chatter!
Away to the keyboard I flew at a dash
Unplugged the printer and emptied the trash.
The screen on the monitor started to glow
And started a really remarkable show
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear
A new Quicktime window and a bottle of beer (!)
With a man in a turtle-neck shirt with long sleeves,
I knew in a moment it must be Saint Steve!
\t\t\t
More rapid than Gigabit Ethernet frames
Came the sights of the hardware Steve started to name:
?New iMac, new PBook, new iBook and more!
The G5! Apollo! and gadgets galore!
To the highest known FLOPS, past the GigaHertz wall!
Now stash away, stash away, stash away all!?
As transfers with FireWire connections imply,
When hot-swapped to Macintosh ports on the fly,
So his aides and associates hid the new stuff
Making pre-Macworld rumors all seem like a bluff.
Then a new Quicktime window appeared on my screen
With Avie Tevanian making the scene.
As Photoshop turned the P4s into toast,
His Steveness was making another big boast.
He was dressed all in black from his head to his foot,
And he walked like an Admin logged into the root.
With a ?Micro$oft $ux? sticker glued to his back,
He looked like a Slash-dotter ready to hack.
His eyes - how they twinkled, his haircut - how scary!
A bottle of water he always would carry.
He smiled as he thought of the upcoming show
With his ?Oh, one more thing? speech all ready to go.
The stump of a pencil he held in his hand,
Computing the reception of AirPort through sand.
My hard drive by this time was getting quite smelly,
Like a dead fish with Celeron chips in its belly.
I coughed from the smoke and Steve looked up at me
I feared I was caught and would no longer see.
But a smile crossed the lips of the iCEO
And I knew he was going to let this one go.
He spoke not a word but pulled out a remote
That was hooked to an iPod and held up a note.
The camera zoomed in ?til the note could be read
?Macintosh Rules!? was all that it said.
He showed once again each new Mac and device,
From the Gigawire hubs right down to the mice.
And I heard him exclaim as he faded from sight,
?Happy MacWorld to All, All The Rumors Were Right!?
1. How about the head of RealNetworks. It would be almost like inviting Bill Gates, but there is alot of behind-the-scenes things going on with media on the internet now.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Geez, I'd rather see Bill Gates there... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
Oh man, that was great. Kinda what I am predicting too, although not in verse. (I can't remember the meter that's written in, it has something to do with 12)
Do you mind if I repost that with attribution to the Macintoshian Achaia on Ars Technica?
Where is the keynote held? I've been to Moscone Center but have never figured out where they hold the keynote. What time do you need to start lining up in order to get in?
I bet a good chunk of the time will be taken up with that new hit sensation...
the iPod Dancers!
All the moves are based on the guy in the TV commercial.
The iPods will be synchronized via airport, so all the dancers wearing their headphones will all look too goofy to write about at the exact same time. to demonstrate the iPods storage capacity, the iPod Dancers will keep on dancing, through all 1,000 songs in their pockets!
Some of the moves will also be incorporated as a salute to idiot dance moves everywhere. Significant ones include any of the Brady Bunch dances/songs, most of Devo's gyrations, a few from Lawrence Welk's shows (mainly used to let the audience go PEE), and a special tribute to the King of Pop, Steve Ballmer!
Just remember, anything that wasn't introduced at Paris Expo (which probably isn't much after TiBook and iBook's updates shortly after) should be released in SF.
<strong>Oh man, that was great. Kinda what I am predicting too, although not in verse. (I can't remember the meter that's written in, it has something to do with 12)
Do you mind if I repost that with attribution to the Macintoshian Achaia on Ars Technica?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Go right ahead! I had a blast just writing it. I'm glad others are enjoying it, too.
Let's see now... Where did I leave my copy of "The Iliad"? I feel another parody coming on.
The iBook is still at 600MHz and you're right, all but the lowest end iBook has a 100MHz bus. I meant all iBooks having a 100MHz bus and bumped to 750MHz..
<strong>Actually Escher, my ballooning friend, I wish I spoke/wrote French and had Apple inside information, but alack. As it is, the only other language I'm vaguely fluent in is Tongan and that helps me communicate with almost no one!</strong><hr></blockquote>
MacGregor: I felt compelled to ask on the off chance that you had a second personality of which I wasn't aware. Tongan? You speak the language of Heaven on Earth. That's pretty tough to beat. (I hear from friends who went there for their honeymoon that Tonga's beauty and serenity is just otherworldly.)
As for the latest twist in the One-Day-Early-Keynote-Saga, <a href="http://www.macminute.com/"; target="_blank">MacMinute</a> is reporting that: "Yesterday's announcement regarding the change in Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo San Francisco keynote?which was pushed ahead a day?was a decision made solely by Apple and Jobs himself, with little input from IDG World Expo, MacMinute has learned."
Boy am I excited. Maybe this time I'll finally manage to get that streaming webcast working...
In more prosaic news, <a href="http://www.macintouch.com"; target="_blank">macintouch</a> is now saying that a "source" claims the LCD iMac will be revealed along with an "imaging" digital hub device.
Unfortunately, macintouch has a fairly dismal track record with rumors.
Tongan? You speak the language of Heaven on Earth. That's pretty tough to beat.
</strong>
<hr></blockquote>
The language of Heaven on Earth? I always thought that was <a href="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/misc/local/TolkLang/"; target="_blank">Quenyan</a> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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More time will also be given so he can talk about the LCD iMac (which was the original solo star), maybe do a iMovie 3 intro, Image Capture Studio/iStudio?, as well as QuickTime 6. (Or maybe the QT6 intro will wait til the conference in Feb.) Who knows. I just think the extra time was added in order to make way for 2 show-stoppers. Kinda like MWSF '99 when Jobs unveiled the multi-color iMacs and the B&W G3 tower.
[quote]Amorph, I'd LOOOOOOVE a cube, got one for me? <hr></blockquote>
I've got one in my pocket with your name on it, hot stuff.
That's what it's gonna be, folks: 2.5 hours of Cubes! Yeah!
Or not.
Oh, and maybe the iPod will get a stablemate?
A Visit From Saint Steve
(with profound apologies to Clement C. Moore)
Twas the night before MacWorld and all through the house
Not a pixel was stirring, not even my mouse.
The Internet access was checked with great care
With hopes that Steve?s keynote would soon broadcast there.
The AppleInsiders were all snug in their beds
While visions of G5 chips danced in their heads.
My PowerMac was wailing iTunes in the night
While the Pismo was showing a flashing green light.
When suddenly a power surge spun the disk platter
On my iMac, which began an incessant loud chatter!
Away to the keyboard I flew at a dash
Unplugged the printer and emptied the trash.
The screen on the monitor started to glow
And started a really remarkable show
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear
A new Quicktime window and a bottle of beer (!)
With a man in a turtle-neck shirt with long sleeves,
I knew in a moment it must be Saint Steve!
\t\t\t
More rapid than Gigabit Ethernet frames
Came the sights of the hardware Steve started to name:
?New iMac, new PBook, new iBook and more!
The G5! Apollo! and gadgets galore!
To the highest known FLOPS, past the GigaHertz wall!
Now stash away, stash away, stash away all!?
As transfers with FireWire connections imply,
When hot-swapped to Macintosh ports on the fly,
So his aides and associates hid the new stuff
Making pre-Macworld rumors all seem like a bluff.
Then a new Quicktime window appeared on my screen
With Avie Tevanian making the scene.
As Photoshop turned the P4s into toast,
His Steveness was making another big boast.
He was dressed all in black from his head to his foot,
And he walked like an Admin logged into the root.
With a ?Micro$oft $ux? sticker glued to his back,
He looked like a Slash-dotter ready to hack.
His eyes - how they twinkled, his haircut - how scary!
A bottle of water he always would carry.
He smiled as he thought of the upcoming show
With his ?Oh, one more thing? speech all ready to go.
The stump of a pencil he held in his hand,
Computing the reception of AirPort through sand.
My hard drive by this time was getting quite smelly,
Like a dead fish with Celeron chips in its belly.
I coughed from the smoke and Steve looked up at me
I feared I was caught and would no longer see.
But a smile crossed the lips of the iCEO
And I knew he was going to let this one go.
He spoke not a word but pulled out a remote
That was hooked to an iPod and held up a note.
The camera zoomed in ?til the note could be read
?Macintosh Rules!? was all that it said.
He showed once again each new Mac and device,
From the Gigawire hubs right down to the mice.
And I heard him exclaim as he faded from sight,
?Happy MacWorld to All, All The Rumors Were Right!?
<img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: TJM ]</p>
<strong>
1. How about the head of RealNetworks. It would be almost like inviting Bill Gates, but there is alot of behind-the-scenes things going on with media on the internet now.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Geez, I'd rather see Bill Gates there... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
Do you mind if I repost that with attribution to the Macintoshian Achaia on Ars Technica?
Damn! That's great!
the iPod Dancers!
All the moves are based on the guy in the TV commercial.
The iPods will be synchronized via airport, so all the dancers wearing their headphones will all look too goofy to write about at the exact same time. to demonstrate the iPods storage capacity, the iPod Dancers will keep on dancing, through all 1,000 songs in their pockets!
Some of the moves will also be incorporated as a salute to idiot dance moves everywhere. Significant ones include any of the Brady Bunch dances/songs, most of Devo's gyrations, a few from Lawrence Welk's shows (mainly used to let the audience go PEE), and a special tribute to the King of Pop, Steve Ballmer!
[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: CosmoNut ]</p>
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iBook bumped to 100MHz bus and 750MHz.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
This has already happened.
<strong>Oh man, that was great. Kinda what I am predicting too, although not in verse. (I can't remember the meter that's written in, it has something to do with 12)
Do you mind if I repost that with attribution to the Macintoshian Achaia on Ars Technica?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Go right ahead! I had a blast just writing it. I'm glad others are enjoying it, too.
Let's see now... Where did I leave my copy of "The Iliad"? I feel another parody coming on.
<strong>Actually Escher, my ballooning friend, I wish I spoke/wrote French and had Apple inside information, but alack. As it is, the only other language I'm vaguely fluent in is Tongan and that helps me communicate with almost no one!</strong><hr></blockquote>
MacGregor: I felt compelled to ask on the off chance that you had a second personality of which I wasn't aware.
As for the latest twist in the One-Day-Early-Keynote-Saga, <a href="http://www.macminute.com/"; target="_blank">MacMinute</a> is reporting that: "Yesterday's announcement regarding the change in Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo San Francisco keynote?which was pushed ahead a day?was a decision made solely by Apple and Jobs himself, with little input from IDG World Expo, MacMinute has learned."
Boy am I excited. Maybe this time I'll finally manage to get that streaming webcast working...
Escher
Anyway, ATI are set to release 8500 and 7500 Mac AGP cards at the expo. (Register)
Also, there is an item on yourdailymac (which I am very cautious of) which states that G4 LCD iMacs and an unbelievable 'tower' have been demoed.
Makes you wonder...
Steve may need the 2.5 hours.
<strong>
Also, there is an item on yourdailymac (which I am very cautious of) which states that G4 LCD iMacs and an unbelievable 'tower' have been demoed.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
or maybe he will talk about the new AppleWorks 7 for 2.5 hours..
or maybe FCP 3
or maybe....
In more prosaic news, <a href="http://www.macintouch.com"; target="_blank">macintouch</a> is now saying that a "source" claims the LCD iMac will be revealed along with an "imaging" digital hub device.
Unfortunately, macintouch has a fairly dismal track record with rumors.
<strong>
Tongan? You speak the language of Heaven on Earth. That's pretty tough to beat.
</strong>
<hr></blockquote>
The language of Heaven on Earth? I always thought that was <a href="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/misc/local/TolkLang/"; target="_blank">Quenyan</a> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
-- ShadyG